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Originally posted by AHemsworth
I'm not being closed minded. This is a 40 yr old man on a message board full of mostly teenage, self-hating, racist, *****.
He may end up on To Catch a Predator. I'm just trying to help him. But HE can do whatever the hell he pleases. I think it looks corny as hell though. If I was in charge of running a million dollar magazine and business you wouldn't DARE catch my ass HERE trying to "connect" with gotdamn stans, the most irrational people on Earth. But do you Bill, do you.
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Tbh the self-hating person here is you. Your logic is so flawed its just
1st) "Just" because this forum has a lot of young, mostly teenage audience doesn't mean a thing. Going by your logic, Billboard is a pedophile magazine since a share of its readers are teenagers. A Billboard-type magazine should carter to all ages, in the same way ATRL has its fair share of 18+ and non teenagers age groups. Teenagers are heavy consumers in the music industry, especially in the digital era (i.e, Justin Bieber and One Direction fans. Also, the older teenagers; Miley Cyrus fans).
2nd) Connecting with the audience is never a bad thing. On the contrary, it strengthens the business relationship with its audience. As a result, the readers feel like the magazine is more authentic, and the author / editor knows what the target audience are looking for / interested in / talking about / want to know more about, resulting in them posting up-to-date, relevant topics for the readers to explore. (i.e. the reason why almost
EVERY celebrity, business and even POLITICAL figures have a social media accounts on every social media platform, especially Twitter. Does Disney replying to teenagers on Twitter make them pedophiles? I'm sure the account isn't run by some unemployed teenage boy, rather a mature, educated business / PR marketing team working around the clock behind the account connecting with as many people as they can. Connecting could also mean just lurking, reading whats "in" today and considering different opinions in order to improve their business.)
3rd) There's a reason why you are not in charge of a million dollar magazine and business and you will never be with this logic.